Tag Archives: 20th Century

1964: World’s Largest Miniature City

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Built for the 1964 World’s Fair at a cost of $672,000 (about $5.3 million in 2017), the Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum is the world’s largest architectural model of a city. It includes about 895,000 miniature … Continue reading →

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1903: Bicycle as Angel

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

A model in Hugo Simberg’s studio for his painting The Wounded Angel (1903). A bicycle is playing the part of the angel. Sources here and here.

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1902: Orchid and Hummingbird

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall (1902) The orchid pictured is Cattleya labiata (known also as the Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped Cattleya), which grows in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. The plant … Continue reading →

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1937: Celebration

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Workers’ wives celebrate end of CIO strike of Caterpillar Tractor Company East Peoria, Illinois, April 9, 1937 When the historic UAW sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, ended after a month and a half on February 11, 1937, it unleashed a … Continue reading →

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1991: Three Doors

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Matton: Boulevard Saint Germain (3 doors) (1991)

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1905: Doors

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vilhelm Hammershøi: Open Doors (1905)

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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1935: Red Butte

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maynard Dixon: Red Butte with Mountain Men (1935)

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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1938: Meer im Abendlicht

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Nolde: Meer im Abendlicht [Sea in the Evening Light] (c. 1938-1945)

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